EXCERPT: “A new affordable housing development for veterans struggling with homelessness has opened this fall in the Twin Cities. Adjacent to the VA Medical Center near Fort Snelling, the 100-unit Richard A. Brustad Homes makes another dent in reducing veteran homelessness in the state. According to the latest figures, homelessness among Minnesota’s veterans has fallen by 61% since 2010. The development is the second phase on the site for Minneapolis-based Community Housing Development Corp. (CHDC). In 2006, it built the 140-unit Veteran’s Community Housing Apartments. ‘After completing the first phase and continuing to see such a huge need not only at the property with a wait list, but in the Twin Cities metro area, we decided to start the second phase,’ says Heidi Rathmann, senior vice president of housing development for CHDC.” FULLSTORY: http://bit.ly/2mdKuVy